"It depends on how Vizquel really is and where the team stands," said Guillen, adding he has to find spots for Vizquel to rest.

Vizquel is pleased he stayed sharp during the first two months when he rarely played.

"I wanted to make my own decision as to when I could play and when I couldn't play anymore," Vizquel said. "So I felt like I could play, and it's showing right now. There wasn't any doubt before."

Pierzynski's pride: A.J. Pierzynski went above the .250 mark Tuesday night, and he has raised his batting average 41 points this month.

"The hardest part is when you're struggling and it's May and you look up and you're hitting .150," Pierzynski said. "You're trying to get a bunch of hits in every at-bat instead of just having good at-bats.

"Hopefully they're starting to fall in, and they have been doing that lately. And it has coincided with us winning, which makes this more fun."

Extra innings: The Sox entered play Wednesday night with a .259 batting average with runners in scoring position average after entering June with a .230 mark in those situations. "I just think we've loosened up and started to have some fun," hitting coach Greg Walker said. "What comes first, the chicken or the egg? I was pretty adamant about this team's problem was that we had a lot of people entering this season in not a real confident state. We didn't have a lot of warm and fuzzy feelings coming off last year."